Calvin Ramsay's Fresh Start at St Mirren

Calvin Ramsay’s Liverpool chapter is all but over. His reset begins in Paisley.

The 23-year-old right-back has joined St Mirren on loan for the 2026/27 season, subject to international clearance, in a move that effectively draws a line under a frustrating spell at Anfield. With his Liverpool contract expiring next summer and no new deal on the table, he will leave the club on a free.

Ramsay knows exactly what this means. This isn’t just another loan. It’s a fresh start.

“I feel really good, really excited,” he told St Mirren’s media. “I’ve been in and trained and met all the boys, so yeah, I’m looking forward to it.

“I know the league and I wanted to come back up here and try and show what I can do and rebuild myself again. I feel like it’s a good place to come. I want to try and perform, work as hard as I can and see where that takes me.”

The pull of home – or at least familiar surroundings – was strong. Ramsay came through at Aberdeen and knows the demands and rhythm of Scottish football. After three years of stop-start progress, injury setbacks and loans that never quite caught fire, he has chosen a place where he believes he can actually play, not just wait.

“It’s a really tough place to come for opposition teams and I think the pitch is really good as well from when I played here,” he said of St Mirren. “It’s a good set up, it’s a good club and I’m just excited to get going.

“I spoke to the manager a couple of times before I came up and he got his plan across and what he wanted to do.

“It’s probably a different St Mirren compared to the last few years. That’ll suit me. I’m comfortable on the ball, I’m composed, I like to get on it and try and create things and make things happen.”

That last line is the crux of it. Ramsay needs a team that lets him be a footballer again, not a name on an injury list or a spare option on a Premier League bench.

Liverpool signed him from Aberdeen in June 2022 in a deal worth an initial £4.2m, viewing him as one of the most promising young full-backs in Britain. The timing looked perfect. The pathway seemed clear.

It never really took off.

Injuries bit early and often. Form and rhythm never had a chance to settle. Loan spells were meant to provide answers, but they only underlined how disjointed his development had become. Across stints at Preston North End, Bolton Wanderers, Wigan Athletic and Kilmarnock in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons, Ramsay managed just 26 appearances in total.

He stayed on Merseyside for the 2025/26 campaign under Arne Slot and was named in 20 matchday squads. On paper, that sounds like progress. In reality, he played only twice, his involvement largely driven by defensive injuries elsewhere in the squad rather than any real breakthrough.

Now comes the reset.

Back north of the border, back in a league he understands, Ramsay has a full season to show he is more than a footnote in Liverpool’s recruitment file. From January, he will be free to talk to other clubs about his next permanent move.

How he performs in a St Mirren shirt will go a long way to deciding who comes calling.